Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments (apnews.com)
When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her....
Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals. Democrat cites risk to climate (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
BJP is more dangerous than Coronavirus, says Stalin (www.thehindu.com)
Mr. Stalin said people of “Hindi-speaking States underwent untold miseries” during the pandemic as they could not get “transport facilities to return to their hometowns.” “We had shed tears for them. They walked hundreds of kilometres. Some of them were even crushed by trains. If something is more dangerous than the...
Man accused of smuggling migrant family who froze to death at border found living outside Toronto (www.cbc.ca)
A man accused by police in India of helping smuggle a family of four through Canada just before they froze to death on the Manitoba border with the United States has been found living freely in a suburb outside Toronto, an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate has found....
Gaza officials say Israeli fire struck a crowd waiting for aid, killing at least 20 (www.euronews.com)
At least 20 people were killed and 150 wounded on Thursday after a crowd of people waiting for humanitarian aid at a roundabout in Gaza City was struck by Israeli fire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry....
Study: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record High (truthout.org)
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
California man Marcus Eriz found guilty of killing 6-year-old boy Aiden Leos in road rage incident (abcnews.go.com)
Marcus Eriz has been found guilty of murder in the Orange County, California, road rage incident that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos in 2021....
Alabama completes first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation (www.reuters.com)
Harry Connick Sr., longtime New Orleans district attorney and singer’s dad, dies at 97 (apnews.com)
Former New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. has died at age 97. An obituary distributed by his son and namesake, Harry Connick Jr., says Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans on Thursday with his family by his side.
In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies (apnews.com)
In-N-Out Burger says it will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and robberies affecting customers and employees alike at its only restaurant in Oakland, California....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ask lawmakers to make community college free for all high school graduates (apnews.com)
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates during her sixth State of the State speech on Wednesday....
Robitussin maker recalls several lots of cough syrup due to contamination (apnews.com)
The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of products containing honey due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems....
Donald Trump testifies for less than 3 minutes in defamation trial and is rebuked by judge (apnews.com)
He testified for under three minutes. But former President Donald Trump still broke a judge’s rules on what he could tell a jury about writer E. Jean Carroll’s sexual assault and defamation allegations, and he left the courtroom Thursday bristling to the spectators: “This is not America.”...
Wisconsin state representative says abortion isn’t health care and he knows because he was a veterinarian (heartlandsignal.com)
Border standoff between Texas, feds intensifies as governor defies Supreme Court ruling (www.pbs.org)
This week, the Supreme Court sided with federal agents to remove razor wire put in place by Texas along the Rio Grande. The state is using wire and state agents to block Border Patrol from accessing a section of the border in Eagle Pass. Homeland Security is demanding access to the area by Friday, but Gov. Greg Abbott is...
Report finds 93 US deaths after cosmetic surgery in Dominican Republic since 2009 (apnews.com)
U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009, with many of the recent deaths involving a procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift....
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says 2024 is going to be a 'very good' year for the US economy (abcnews.go.com)
Chipotle wants to hire 19,000 workers ahead of 'burrito season', adds new benefits (finance.yahoo.com)
New York Daily News and Forbes staffers walk out amid US media job cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Florida students protest imminent closing of university LGBTQ center (www.nbcnews.com)
Nancy Pelosi Made $500,000 From Her Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) Bet, Doubling Her Annual Government Salary In Just 2 Months (finance.yahoo.com)
Italia. Ora legale tutto l'anno, quando? (www.caserta24ore.it) Italian
Quando in Italia l’ora legale sara’ in vigore tutto l’anno? Perche’ conviene? Oggi 26 gennaio alle ore 18 il sole e’ tramontato ma un piccolo bagliore di luce ancora c’e’. Pensiamo se invece che le 18 fossero state le 19. Un’ora in piu’ di luce. D’altra parte la mattina alle alle 7:00 gia’ si vede la luce...
Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone (www.nytimes.com)
In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a “rigged election,” the platform ran a corrective, debunking his claims....
Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media (www.theguardian.com)
Bill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate...
